A man was shopping and getting lunch when he was caught drug-driving while unlicensed, a court has heard.
Billy-Joe Wimshurst-Quin, 24, of Kialla, pleaded guilty in Shepparton Magistrates’ Court to drug-driving and driving unlicensed.
Prosecutor Leading Senior Constable Anna Hanlon said Wimshurst-Quin tested positive to methamphetamines while he was driving a red Mitsubishi unlicensed on Archer Rd, Kialla on July 14.
His South Australian licence had been cancelled in May, and he had a history of drink-driving, the court heard.
Wimshurst-Quin told police he was driving “to do the shopping and get some lunch” and he didn’t know drugs were still in his system.
Representing himself in court, Wimshurst-Quin said he had used methamphetamines a few days before he was pulled over by police.
Magistrate Simon Zebrowski told him “you can be sober as a judge” and still be detected with drugs in your system days later.
Wimshurst-Quin was fined $600 and disqualified from applying for a licence for 12 months, starting Monday, December 2.
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